Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Ryde Cemetery

Miss Mary Susanna Brooks

Title: Miss
Forenames: Mary Susanna
Surnames: Brooks
Burial Date: 13/03/1866
Age at Death Years: 50
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG 014 A3/B3
Plot Number: Ryde Old Cemetery Section E Plot 510
Grave Description: Peon hip topped ledger on solid base with surrounding railings and 6 posts. Engraved lettering.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Previously overgrown, partially cleared February 2019 but thick soil and bits of dense ivy remain.
Other Information: Burial date, age and status added, source: Bereavement Services records.

Inscription:

Sloping side - south facing
TO THE LASTING MEMORY OF
MARY SUSANNA BROOKS
WHO EXCHANGED THIS LIFE FOR A BETTER ONE THE ... DAY OF MARCH 1866

Sloping side - north facing
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
MARY ESDAILE WIDOW OF THE LATE CORDELL BROOKS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE EIGHT DAY OF OCTOBER 1866

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
M & M Brooks February 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
M & M Brooks February 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell
Kate MacDonell
M & M Brooks February 2019
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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